Here we are again. Another Wednesday. Another FridayFictioneers photo prompt writing challenge. this time supplied by the effervescent Dale Rogerson. Thanks, Dale, and thank you Rochelle for hosting us yet again.
To read other contributors’ stories click on the blue frog below. Have fun!
THE MATHEMATICS OF LOVE
by
Kelvin M. Knight
She doodled circles on her napkin. He scribbled formulae on his. Round and round his mathematical symbols roamed. Her favourite shape was a circle. Now was not a good time to show him this, though.
‘Good or bad,’ he exclaimed, trying to stir the grand circles dangling from the ceiling with his forefingers. ‘Why didn’t I see this before?’
His outburst caused those standing nearby at their tables to gawp. She smiled politely at them.
When his napkin was full, she offered him hers. His eyebrows shrieked. Sipping his aperitif, she nodded affectionately. His wow face lit up her heart.
(100 words)
Kelvin M. Knight 
seems cool
I can’t really get it but, I think I’ll ruin it by asking for explanation but, I just need it so I do ask for it. please .
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Can we blame Carl Gauss?
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Love this story Kelvin – very well done!
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Thanks, Dahlia, it took a long time calculating!
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I think you capture a personal moment between these two people. Well done.
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Thank you Woman walking Max, it is a pivotal moment for sure and hence worth capturing.
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Shrieking eyebrows. Now, that would be something to see/hear 🙂 I love your little love story, Kelvin.
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I am doing my best shrieking eyebrows rendition – can you see, Linda, can you see??! – I am glad there is so much love in your comment.
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I loved his “wow face.” Very sweet moment in this couple’s lives.
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Thanks Jan, I wanted to write a sweet piece and am glad it seems to be being well received.
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“trying to stir the grand circles dangling from the ceiling with his forefingers” seems like such a childlike gesture but it means so much to her. You really brought the circles to life, Kelvin. Nicely done.
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Thanks Lish. It’s funny how the childish things mean so much to some people, the right people, isn’t it?
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Kelvin, have I just been missing your FF stories or have you gone missing? I keep looking for submissions from you and haven’t seen any. Lish
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No you haven’t missed my FF stories, Lish – I have not been reading or posting in FF. My blog is barely getting a WPS story a week. Even the Sandbox Writing Challenge has not been responded to by me. I’m sorry. I will keep a weather eye out for your FF stories and endeavour to comment. Kelvin.
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Oh, no, no, dear man! No need to keep an eye out for my stories. I was just wondering where you were and if all was well, that’s all. Sometimes life just turns into a whirlwind and something must be laid aside. If not posting on WPS for awhile is that something, it is what it is. It’s just that I always look for certain FF faces and I’d been missing yours. Take care.
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Thank you but I shall. Your stories are special in my life. 🙂🙂🙂
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When I say special, Lish, what I mean is you have something interesting / different to say and you always say it differently/ interestingly and your works here are free. I would be a fool to not read you here, wouldn’t I? 😎
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Lovely story! I hope she can learn to live with his absent-minded maths doodling.
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Thanks Ali, I hope she will… know she will. If you’re going to doodle it might as well be mathematically, eh?!
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Lovely story, Kelvin. A flash romcom! Excellent foreshadowing with “Good or bad” with its echoes of “For better or for worse.” Altogether a delight.
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Thank you, Penny. Delight is what was tickling my heart as I wrote this flash romcom (love the new genre you’ve penned!)
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Watching this genius at work seems to be her favorite past-time.
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Thanks anurag – their time together is special
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Dear Kelvin,
Sounds like the perfect equation for love. Well calculated story. I guess that about sums up my praise for your writing this week. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Oh no gold star of huuuuuge tick 😢😉
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They seem very well suited. Very romantic. Great story.
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Thank you, lisarey1990 – they are, at least, that was what I hoped to put across.
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Hope she’ll continue to be content with his absent-mindedness.
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I am sure she will – it’s an occupational hazard, I fear.
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So much to love in this love story. “His wow face lit up her heart” is a swoon. Left me grinning.
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Oh Karen, you have made me swoon with that word. I had forgotten how much I love that word!
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I loved her sipping his aperitif. And brilliant last line. This girl is going to get what she wants!
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She’s worked it all out. 😊
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Effervescent, eh? Blush, blush…
Now, ahem, back to your story… Loved this: “His eyebrows shrieked”… Guess she really knows him to not disturb his frenzied scribbling. And hey, if she loves him the way he is, all the better 😉
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I can see that snow melting, Dale, behind and in front of all your lovely blushes.😊
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And now I see crocus and grape hyacinths! 😉
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Hooray. Blushing is good see.
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Yep… 🙂
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Just adore your last line Kelvin…real togetherness!
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Thank you, CarlyK1111, me thinks the penny has dropped. Together, now, a new circle forming.
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She sipped his aperetif while he was distracted doodling mathematics? Bad girl
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She couldn’t let it go to waste.
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